Le Quang Tung

Le Quang Tung (13 June 1919-1 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese ARVN Colonel who was killed during the 1963 South Vietnamese coup.

Biography
Le Quang Tung was born in Huong Tra, French Indochina in 1919, and he served in security and counterespionage roles in the ARVN before becoming involved with the secretive Can Lao Party. In 1960, President Ngo Dinh Diem gave him command of South Vietnam's special forces, and he focused more on suppressing dissidents than fighting the Viet Cong, and also attempted to assassinate US ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.. During the 1963 South Vietnamese coup, Tung remained loyal to Diem, resulting in his execution by firing squad at the Tan Son Nhut Air Base by the coup plotters.